Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] M8 dead by rain
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Dec 22 20:04:55 2008

Plus keep teh battery out and have it recharged before testing it again

--- chs2018@med.cornell.edu wrote:

From: "Chris Saganich" <chs2018@med.cornell.edu>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 dead by rain
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:51:10 -0500

Let it sit in dry place (RH wise) for at least 4 days.  Don't place near 
heat.


At 03:13 PM 12/22/2008, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm coming out of lurkerdom to ask: Has anyone had an M8 die because
>of rain?  I shot in the rain yesterday for about one hour here in San
>Francisco. It was cold, also. Later, I left the camera in my car, and
>then took it inside. This morning, without checking anything else, I
>tried turning the camera on. Nothing. Then I realized there's a bit of
>condensation visible in the main viewfinder window.
>
>I took the battery out, and now the M8 is sitting on top of my
>computer here at work.
>
>Any ideas as to what I can expect? Any chances it will revive when it
>dries inside? Should I use a hair drier on it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>j
>
>--
>Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com
>
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